Scientists Unveil "World's Lightest Material"
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Of course, military applications always come first. But then, we do have to thank the US Military for a lot of the things we use today. They're great innovators despite peoples perception that they only do things to destroy or usurp or "steal" from other countries.samsonguy920 said:
I do however see this as a potentially great breakthrough for humanity's future, as I said before in building more sound and secure structures as well as personal use. Could be a way to build lighter but sturdier car parts... well the possibilities are endless at the moment.
I'm a practical man, and this actually interests me much more than CERN's Particle Accelerator, though I do understand how great a tool the thing is, I don't always see the practicality for the common man at that level, unless there comes a breakthrough in renewable energy sources from it then I'll see their investment as a good thing rather than a "lets build this because we can" thing. Don't get me wrong, I'm not downing on CERN at all, they're great people as far as mental acuity goes and probably know more than I can ever understand, but sometimes I think they may end up building something that is beyond their understanding and could potentially damage the world more than it helps, just as much a chance as discovering a great technology that will catapult us into the next century and beyond. I always have a healthy amount of concern for people who spend so much time in the scientific world that they may forget the real world does exist... but thats me.
At any rate, this breakthrough is much more practical and potential for civilian applications are as I said before near limitless if it turns out to be an easy and affordable process.
Kudos to them, and I hope to see more of these breakthroughs in the future.
I'm also curious on how it deals with high friction, as it may be a good material for building space shuttles (again if its also a strong and sturdy material). I'd hate to see another Columbia disaster since I actually got to see Columbia go down from my backyard.
Yeah, I was pretty surprised by this. There's a video that shows just how well the material handles this much strain that's pretty crazy looking:BehattedWanderer said:
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That's freak'n sweet, I honestly cant wait to see how this effects engineer projects etc in the late future. (Provided im not 6ft under by then)
How 'bout pinnalum? And yes, that is a terrible, Latin conjunction that probably makes no sense.
Anyway, this is pretty fascinating. It'll be interesting to see what this is actually used for (outside of the US military).
Anyway, this is pretty fascinating. It'll be interesting to see what this is actually used for (outside of the US military).
No guv'na, it's just funny for an entirely different reason on your side of The Pond.colourcodedchaos said:
The joke, she has levels.
Also, this:
... is the nicest thing ever. I'm blushing like an 11-year-old girl after her first kiss.Uber Evil said:
Poofium. Definitely poofium.DVS BSTrD said:
Anyway ... Let's just *hope* the US military doesn't get its hands on it, before they start using this for their next generation of patriotism-wings to fly up into the air, given that it's so light ...
Well there goes reason 3 of the reasons why we don't have bad ass power suits. If you were wondering it's weight of the materials. Hopefully this technology will get good use.
